Park Ridge: Police Blotter, Nov. 1

While on patrol on Grand Avenue at 11:40 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, Officer Daniel Hoffmann did a random plate check that showed the vehicle’s registration had expired in September. He pulled the vehicle over and asked the driver for his license, registration and proof of insurance.

The driver, a 25-year-old resident of Jersey City, provided the documents and told the officer the car was a rental. He was told that even though it was a rental, it could not be operated legally with an expired registration. While speaking with the driver, the officer detected the odor of burnt marijuana. He called for back up and asked the driver to recite the alphabet in a specific way, which he couldn’t do and asked for a simpler test. He was also unable to recite numbers backwards.

When back-up arrived, the man was given several standard field sobriety tests, all of which he successfully completed.

He was informed that the car was being impounded and that he should call someone for a ride. A summons was issued to the car rental company which the man was told it should be brought the company. He requested and was given a courtesy ride to a Montvale store.

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A Pearl River, N.Y., man who banks in Park Ridge came to headquarters to report that his wife had signed his name to two checks without his consent and deposited them in their joint account, and then transferred the money to her personal account. One check was made out to him for $39.40 and the other, in the amount of $3,840.63, made out to them both. He stated that in each instance, she signed his name.

The complaint forms were completed and three summonses drafted, two for forgery and one for theft of immovable property.